HRMM Announces After-School Introduction to Carpentry Youth Woodworking Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Dan Nelson / HRMM Wooden Boat School Manager / [email protected]

Program Title: Youth After-School Woodworking: Introduction to Carpentry​
Date & Time: Thursdays and Fridays - Nov. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21; Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19
Location: Hudson River Maritime Museum Wooden Boat School - Kingston, NY
Pricing: General Public: $525 / Household Member & Above: $475

Program Description: This hands-on after-school class teaches youths age 14 to 18 the fundamentals of building with wood, Thursdays and Fridays, 4:15-5:45 PM, for six weeks.​ The first two weeks cover safety, power tool and hand tool use, and students will get their hands dirty practicing with a wide variety of tools to measure, cut, and shape wood. 

During the remaining four weeks, students will work as a team to design and build a little library for placement in the community by a local library. This project, which builds skills in project planning, layout and design, measurement, fabrication, and assembly, is the perfect vehicle for STEAM-based learning. As a miniature version of a building, it's also a great starting point in applied learning for both college degree track students and vocational students, whether they'll go on to study architecture or engineering, or to start a career as a general contractor or furniture maker.

Instructor: Max Smith is a multidisciplinary craftsman with ten years of experience in woodworking in various forms, stringed instrument repair and making, piano tuning and repair, boatbuilding, cabinetmaking, and as Maintenance Coordinator for the Beacon Sloop Club. He is a full time instructor at HRMM and has participated as a skills demonstrator at the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT.

Find more information about the program and registration details at hrmm.org or here.